- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": {"value": "Co-founder naming inconsistency", "source_urls": ["https://dormroomfund.medium.com/announcing-dorm-room-funds-investment-in-py-6e2e43a26116", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2018/01/26/social-entrepreneurs-mission-make-learning-to-code-fun/", "https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2016/10/murphy-17-co-develops-new-app-to-teach-programming/", "https://github.com/willtennien"]}, "detail": {"value": "Early sources use Will Murphy (Brown Daily Herald, Dorm Room Fund); later press uses Will Tennien (Forbes, HN); GitHub handle willtennien and Tracxn cite William Tennien Murphy. Likely same person; no single authoritative legal-name document found.", "source_urls": ["https://dormroomfund.medium.com/announcing-dorm-room-funds-investment-in-py-6e2e43a26116", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2018/01/26/social-entrepreneurs-mission-make-learning-to-code-fun/", "https://github.com/willtennien"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Total funding amount conflicts", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/hired-buys-y-combinator-grad-py-launches-assessment-tool/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/py", "https://linkedin.com/in/tennien"]}, "detail": {"value": "TechCrunch (Feb 2019) cites $615,000 total. YCDB lists ~$0.1M. LinkedIn company scrape lists $245K. Only TechCrunch figure is attributed directly to founder interview.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/hired-buys-y-combinator-grad-py-launches-assessment-tool/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/py", "https://linkedin.com/in/tennien"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Funding round breakdown incomplete", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/14/yc-backed-py-is-a-duolingo-style-learn-to-code-app/", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/hired-buys-y-combinator-grad-py-launches-assessment-tool/"]}, "detail": {"value": "Named rounds ($20k DRF + $100k Yale + YC) sum to far less than $615k; remaining ~$495k not itemized in primary sources. Liquid 2 cited on LinkedIn without disclosed amount.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/hired-buys-y-combinator-grad-py-launches-assessment-tool/", "https://linkedin.com/in/tennien"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Employee count conflicts", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/py", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/py", "https://linkedin.com/in/tennien"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC lists team size 3. YCDB lists 45 employees (likely stale/incorrect). LinkedIn auto-data lists 1 employee post-acquisition.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/py", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/py", "https://linkedin.com/in/tennien"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Domain history", "source_urls": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14554044", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2018/01/26/social-entrepreneurs-mission-make-learning-to-code-fun/", "https://dormroomfund.medium.com/announcing-dorm-room-funds-investment-in-py-6e2e43a26116"]}, "detail": {"value": "Domains evolved py-app.com → downloadpy.com (June 2017) → getpy.com (2018+). User query URL getpy.com currently 404 on Azure.", "source_urls": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14554044", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2018/01/26/social-entrepreneurs-mission-make-learning-to-code-fun/", "https://www.getpy.com"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Acquisition price undisclosed", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/hired-buys-y-combinator-grad-py-launches-assessment-tool/"]}, "detail": {"value": "No public valuation or purchase price; Py spokesperson declined terms.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/hired-buys-y-combinator-grad-py-launches-assessment-tool/"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "User metrics vary by date", "source_urls": ["https://dormroomfund.medium.com/announcing-dorm-room-funds-investment-in-py-6e2e43a26116", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2018/01/26/social-entrepreneurs-mission-make-learning-to-code-fun/", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/hired-buys-y-combinator-grad-py-launches-assessment-tool/"]}, "detail": {"value": "100k+ downloads (Jun 2017) → 250k users (Forbes Jan 2018) → 500k users / 2M assignments (Feb 2019). Figures are snapshots, not contradictions.", "source_urls": ["https://dormroomfund.medium.com/announcing-dorm-room-funds-investment-in-py-6e2e43a26116", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2018/01/26/social-entrepreneurs-mission-make-learning-to-code-fun/", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/hired-buys-y-combinator-grad-py-launches-assessment-tool/"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Yale program funding amount changed over time", "source_urls": ["https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/09/30/student-founded-app-teaches-programming/", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/14/yc-backed-py-is-a-duolingo-style-learn-to-code-app/"]}, "detail": {"value": "Sept 2016 Yale Daily News reports Venture Creation Program promised $1,000; June 2017 TechCrunch reports $100,000 committed from same program family.", "source_urls": ["https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/09/30/student-founded-app-teaches-programming/", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/14/yc-backed-py-is-a-duolingo-style-learn-to-code-app/"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Legal entity name not found", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/py", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/hired-buys-y-combinator-grad-py-launches-assessment-tool/"]}, "detail": {"value": "Public sources refer to company as Py only; no Delaware/incorporation legal name located in reviewed primary sources.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/py"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://blog.ycombinator.com/learn-in-demand-skills-with-py-yc-s17/", "https://dormroomfund.medium.com/announcing-dorm-room-funds-investment-in-py-6e2e43a26116", "https://github.com/willtennien", "https://linkedin.com/in/tennien", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14554044", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/14/yc-backed-py-is-a-duolingo-style-learn-to-code-app/", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/hired-buys-y-combinator-grad-py-launches-assessment-tool/", "https://venturebeat.com/business/hired-acquires-yc-alum-py-to-bring-candidate-assessments-to-its-developer-recruitment-platform/", "https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2016/10/murphy-17-co-develops-new-app-to-teach-programming/", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2018/01/26/social-entrepreneurs-mission-make-learning-to-code-fun/", "https://www.getpy.com", "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pys-journey-from-dorm-room-project-acquisition-hired-derek-lo", "https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/news/252457373/Despite-demand-few-job-ads-cite-flexible-work-options/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/py", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/py", "https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/09/30/student-founded-app-teaches-programming/"]